Al DiMeola
Winter Nights
The Story
Al DiMeola offers his fans some holiday cheer with his Christmas album, "Winter Nights". On the CD, DiMeola performs recognizable holiday favorites such as "Carol Of The Bells", "The First Noel", "Greenslesves" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". Taking the music a step beyond, DiMeola also has composed some of his own seasonal soon-to-be-classics, such as "Midwinter Nights", "First Snow" and the jazzy "Zima". "Winter Nights" finds DiMeola playing acoustic guitars, harp, keyboards, and percussion and the guitarist is joined by Roman Hrynkiv on bandura and Hernan Romero on acoustic guitar and percussion. DiMeola closes the record with a beautiful rendition of "Ave Maria".
The Music
| 04:05 | Zima | Instrumental |
| 04:11 | Carol Of The Bells | Instrumental |
| 01:27 | Winterlude Duet No. 1 | Instrumental |
| 02:46 | Greensleeves | Instrumental |
| 04:52 | Mercy Street | Instrumental |
| 04:32 | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Instrumental |
| 00:51 | Winterlude No. 2 | Instrumental |
| 04:50 | Midwinter Nights | Instrumental |
| 04:36 | Scarborough Fair | Instrumental |
| 00:47 | Winterlude No. 3 | Instrumental |
| 03:13 | The First Noel | Instrumental |
| 05:38 | Inverno | Instrumental |
| 02:43 | First Snow | Instrumental |
| 01:31 | Winterlude No. 4 | Instrumental |
| 04:51 | Ave Maria | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Al DiMeola | Acoustic Guitars, Percussion, Keyboards, Cajon, Dumbek, Tambur, Multi-String Harp, Arrangements, Production, Mixing |
| Hernan Romero | Additional Percussion, Shaker Percussion, Acoustic Guitar (Background), Co-Production Assistance, Mixing |
| Roman Hrynkiv | Bandura |
| Rich Tozzoli | Engineering, Mixing |
| Spyros Poulos | Engineering, Mixing, Digital Editing |
| Robert Woods | Executive Production |
| Michael Bishop | Mastering |
| Thomas Macko | Illustration, Cover Lettering |
| Bill Hickey | Inside Photography |
| Anilda Carrasquillo | Art Direction, Cover Design |
| Mastered at Telarc International | |